WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s move to separate immigrant parents from their children on the U.S.-Mexico border has grabbed attention around the world, drawn scorn from human-rights organizations and overtaken the immigration debate in Congress. It’s also a situation that has been brewing since the week President Donald Trump took office, when he issued his first order signaling a tougher approach to asylum-seekers.
U.s. Under Fire For Splitting Families
AMY TAXIN, Associated Press, The Columbian
Sun, 06/17/2018 - 5:59pm
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